Welcome to the Garza Garza Family Tree. I hope that the information
provided in these web pages serve as a learning experience to all generations. As I was growing up, I
would hear comments that we were of German decent. I often pondered on this and
as I began the research of my family tree, the name of Marcos
Alonzo Garza del Alcon from Monterrey, Nuevo León
México appeared. Apparently, Marcos Alonzo Garza del Alcon
(Marcos Alonzo Garza Y del Arcon Falcon)
was the forefather of many that bear the last name of Garza, de la Garza, Falcon
and Treviño. He was the son of Marcos Alonzo and Constanza de la Garza
and was born in Lepe, Huelva
Spain, between 1540 and 1550. The city of Lepe which is in the region of
Andalusia was, during the medieval period, the trading place for commerce and a
point where the three cultures met: Muslims, Jews and Christians. Books say that
the Garza surname first appeared in Galicia and Gipuzkoa which are regions
northwest and north of Spain. Marcos came to
New Spain (Durango) to serve in the military but even here in New Spain there
was and still is a mystery as to why his children never used the last name of
Alonzo. "A man by the name of Hernando Alonzo financed and aided Hernan Cortez in his actions. After the conquest of
México City, Hernando
Alonzo, a well known Jew in the New World, was becoming too wealthy and
powerful, and thus a threat. Hernando was burned alive under orders of the
Inquisition. While there has been no link between Hernando Alonzo and
Marcos Alonzo, it is believed that Alonzo was a last name associated with the
Jews and the name may have been changed for protection". It is also believed that Marcos took his family to Monterrey because there
were other families with Jewish roots that had settled there and the Treviños whom Marcos married into were
known to be converts from Jews to Christians. As I am writing this last
sentence, I'm asking myself, is the last name Garza of Jewish background and how
did Marcos know that the Treviños were of
Jewish roots? With that in mind, are we of Sephardic decent? Was there a
coding system that the converts use to be able to recognize each other? If
indeed we are of Jewish decent then which tribe are we from? What would have be our Jewish last
name?

The Garza Garza families mentioned here were from the Santa Rosalia (viejo), Camargo,
Miguel Aleman, Ochoa, Mier and Reynosa
regions. Marcos Alonzo Garza del Alcon son Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon-Treviño
married Beatriz Gonzalez Hidalgo and had a great grandson named Capt. Blas Maria
de la Garza Falcon who was born in 1712. In 1749, Capt. Blas was in charge
of colonizing the South Texas region. This may be the reason of why the Garza
surname is so abundant in that area.

I began my family tree by interviewing different
family members on both sides of my paternal grandparents: Maria Emilia
Garza and Asencion Garza. Maria Emilia Garza's family tree begins with Guillermo Garza and Conrada
Garza and Justo Alanis and Victoria Reyna. Asencion Garza's family tree begins with Froylan Garza and Leonides Garcia and Francisco
Garza and Cenobia Garza. Bits and pieces of the family tree are missing; however,
it is my wish that with the advent of the computer and with everyone's help I can
fill in the missing gaps. I hope that any errors found in these web pages are
minimal and are corrected with your help.

This web site is dedicated in loving memory of those gone before us and to my father Armando Garza.
Throughout the years, whether the
occasion was family gatherings, weddings or funerals, my father would always
introduce me to his aunts, uncles and cousins. As a youngster, I did not
realize the importance of meeting different family members and now as an adult,
I value and appreciate everything that my father has passed on to me.
Dad, this is for you. Thank you and I love you.

I would like to thank Otila (Tila) Garza Sanchez,
Elizabeth (Betty) Sanchez Garza, Margarita (Mage) Garza Juarez, Raul Garza, Amanda Garza, Lucila Garza Mendiola,
Elda Lopez, Ada Gomez, Bertha Gomez Quintanilla, Idolina (Lolita) Leal Garcia,
Simon and Rogelio Leal, Umbelina Garza, Hector Solis and
Francisco (Paco) Garza for providing information and pictures on the Garza family.
Thanks to them, I have the majority of the family tree. Lots of time and
effort has been devoted to this project. I hope that everyone enjoys this piece of information as much as I have enjoyed
working on it.

Any questions or suggestions, please contact me, Armandina Garza, at the
following e-mail address:axxgarza@yahoo.com
or text message at (713) 907-8717.